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As well as making such unsubstantiated claims, Meduņecka failed to mention that she was being paid to promote them. “After PTAC’s repeated invitations to perform voluntary actions, the person has not taken measures to ensure that the commercial practices implemented by themselves comply with the requirements of regulatory acts. At the same time, the person has not cooperated with the institution in the administrative process,” PTAC noted. Therefore, the PTAC concluded that the violation was significant, especially taking into account Meduņecka’s status as the owner and true beneficiary of a company called SIA “Smartlife”.
“When assessing the offense committed by the individual, PTAC has taken into account the offense’s scope, nature, duration, impact on the legal interests of consumers (especially vulnerable groups of society – children and their parents, people with oncological diseases), the role of the person in the violation and the circumstances of the violation analyzed in the decision,” PTAC said.
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There have, of course, been several other cases where “influencers” or wellness personalities were sanctioned for false or unsubstantiated health claims, especially when they also failed to disclose paid promotion, e.g.:
- Belle Gibson (Australia) was fined A$410,000 after falsely claiming she had cured brain cancer through diet and alternative therapies, a case that became one of the best-known influencer health fraud stories.
- Teami (US) was targeted by the FTC in a settlement over detox tea promotion: the company used influencers who made false health claims and failed to disclose their paid relationship, and the settlement included a $1 million payment.
- France’s DGCCRF has cracked down on influencers promoting supplements and “health” products with misleading claims; the watchdog said false claims and concealed advertising can lead to fines of up to €300,000 and prison terms in serious cases.
- Turkey’s Advertising Board has fined influencers for supplement promotions that implied medical or health benefits without authorization, including cases where the posts suggested stress, anxiety, or insomnia relief.
- UK: the ASA has repeatedly sanctioned influencers for misleading health or weight-loss claims, including a 2024 ruling involving Katie Price and The Skinny Food Co.
The recurring issues are usually:
- false or unsubstantiated health claims,
- disguised advertising, and promotion of products,
- targeting vulnerable audiences such as people with serious illnesses or parents of children.
The above cases are laudable; yet they are extremely rare exceptions. In view of the plethora of false health claims made by “influencers” and considering the risks of such activities, these pubishments are far too seldom. If you ask me, the authorities should be adequately staffed to persue each case swiftly and punishments should such that they can act as an effective deterrant.
So, why do our governments not get their acts together? Surely, this cannot be a question of money, as the fines would even bring in a tidy profit! Could it be that the “wellness industry” is rich and influential enough to prevent large-scale punitive actions? Could it be that our governments do not appreciate the damage false health claims cause to people’s finances and health? Or could it be that they simply don’t care?
Some papers on so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) are such that I am almost lost for words. Here is the abstract of such an article:
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with characteristic
challenges like persistent deficits in social communication, restricted and repetitive behaviors, sensory
processing anomalies. Defined by DSM-5criteria, it affects about 1in 100 children globally and 1in 36 in
united states and poses a significant burden for families and healthcare systems. Research on homoeopathy
and Bach flower Remedies as adjunctive or primary therapies has often explored by families and clinical
interest in complementary and alternative medicine for additional support.
Materials and Methods: A comprehensive study of related review articles, related different components
of Autism spectrum disorder treated with homeopathy treatment, Bach Flower Remedies and
complementary medicine in children were search out. Databases search is PubMed, Google Scholar,
ResearchGate and Web of Science, Scopus and Homoeopathic journal.
Result: Reviewed evidence indicates that no systematic studies have been done to manage autism
spectrum disorder with Bach flower Remedies as an adjuvant or primary treatment along with
homoeopathy. Although individualized homoeopathic treatment has promising results in reducing core
and associated symptoms in children including improvement in social interaction, hyperactivity,
communication and behavioral regulation. Although there is less data available thorough trails, Bach
Flower Remedies especially Rescue remedy that have help in treating the emotional dysregulations and
anxiety that are frequently connected with autism spectrum condition.
Conclusion: The available clinical data on autism spectrum with homoeopathy and Bach flower remedies
is not enough to provide new and sufficient evidence. To overcome this more well-designed study of RCT
and larger sample with standardized procedures will be able to help to this rising burden of autism
spectrum disorder.
In the article itself, the authors state the following: “This review article indicates that both homoeopathy and Bach Flower Remedies are promising adjunct intervention in treatment of Autism spectrum disorder in children especially marked improvement in social interaction, communication, behavioural rigidity, emotional dysregulation and sensory processing. Based on the reviewed data from case series, controlled clinical trials and systematic reviews it can be state that individualized homeopathic treatment leads to clinically relevant improvement in core and associated symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
Studies on Bach flower remedies specifically in autism spectrum disorder are very less but it suggests that Bach flower remedies offer practically accessible intervention for emotional and behavioural dimension mostly in anxiety, emotional dysregulation, sensory hyperactivity and resistance to change. Evidence from controlled trials and clinical studies shows a statistical and significant in symptom.
Homoeopathy and Bach flower remedies should not replace evidence-based behavioural and development intervention for autism spectrum disorder, but rather be investigation as complementary modalities within an integrative care framework. Despite of growing clinical observations, the field of homoeopathy and Batch Flower remedies in autism spectrum disorder is characterised by substantial and identifiable research gaps that limit the formulation of evidence-based clinical guidelines and urgent research priorities include the multicentric, double-blind RCTs with standardised diagnostic criteria and validated core outcome sets; longitudinal follow-up.”
Bearing in mind that this comes from the “Head of the Department, Department of Practice of Medicine, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to beUniversity), Homoeopathic Medical College”, this is remarkably embarrassing!
Why?
The review is badly written and poorly done. More importantly, according to the data provided by the authors, there is only one rigorous RCT. Here is its abstract:
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Bach flower remedies in the treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), in a double blind prospective controlled study.
Methods: Fourty Children with ADHD, aged 7-11 years, diagnosed according to the DSM criteria, were randomised to Bach flower remedies or placebo treatments for a period of 3 months. Children’s performance was evaluated by the teacher before commencement of treatment and subsequently each month during the study period.
Results: Bach flower remedies have no statistically significant effect when compared to placebo in the treatment of children with ADHD. There was a significant correlation between treatment duration’s and improvement of performance, with no difference between the treatment group compared to the placebo.
Conclusions: There is no statistically significant difference between the effects of Bach flower remedies compared with placebo in the treatment of children with ADHD.
If a head of department nonetheless concludes that “both homoeopathy and Bach Flower Remedies are promising adjunct intervention in treatment of Autism spectrum disorder in children especially marked improvement in social interaction, communication, behavioural rigidity, emotional dysregulation and sensory processing”, it is, I fear, high time to replace him.
I recently came across an aricle entitled “Reiki for Stress Relief” which I thought was excptional even for the often surprising literature on Reiki. Here is the abstract:
Reiki is Holistic. It isn’t just about the mental, or just about the physical, but both, and an overall restoration and improvement to you. And as we know, often the mental and physical are linked.
While the scientific understanding of Reiki’s effects on emotional blocks is still evolving, many individuals report subjective benefits, such as emotional release, relaxation, and a greater sense of inner peace, following Reiki sessions.
As the philosophy of Reiki is grounded in holistic medicine and thought, it is imperative to continue that tradition and also integrate other scientific -backed therapies such as the ones your doctor may suggest if you have a serious medical or mental condition. A balanced approach is key, and Reiki is possibly a powerful tool and philosophy that can be the missing key or complement to your current care regimen.
This is impressive! Don’t you just love how it’s ‘grounded in holistic thought’ while the scientific understanding is ‘still evolving’ ? That’s a very elegant way of admitting ‘we’re still waiting for the first piece of evidence’. And we all appreciate the disclaimer to actually see a real doctor as soon as we are truly ill.
The Canadian comedian Mayce Galoni had perhaps the best measure of Reiki when he did his stand-up bit about his nephew “becoming a Reiki master” at the age of 21: “My 21-year-old nephew is now a Reiki master. I didn’t even know you could be a master of anything at 21… Reiki is the only career where you can get paid for doing exactly what I do when I can’t find the TV remote.”
Some homeopathy-fans claim that tiny “nanoparticles” survive even in remedies diluted a trillion trillion times (i.e. the process of manufacturing a high-potency homeopathic remedy). They furthermore assume that this phenomenon can explain how homeopathy works. This argument sounds ever so modern and sciency but – unless you are a bit of a dim-wit – it falls apart for several fairly straightforward reasons that almost anyone should be able to grasp.
Too Dilute
Imagine starting with a single drop of medicine and diluting it by adding 99 drops of water, shaking it up, then repeating that hundreds of times. By the 12C stage (about 1 part in 10^24), there’s statistically zero original molecules left – way before most remedies hit 30C or higher. Even if some nanoparticles somehow cling on from the mixing process or glass vials, they’d be so rare (fewer than one per bottle) that they couldn’t reliably affect your body like a real drug.
Breaks the Main Rule
Homeopathy’s main axiom is “like cures like” assumption: a substance that causes a headache in a healthy person should cure headaches when you’re sick. But nanoparticles would just deliver a tiny dose of the ingredient itself, acting like an extremely weak remedy – not following homeopathy’s main axiom. This would turn homeopathy back into normal medicine and miss the basis of its own theory.
Not Based on Materials
Not all homeopathic remedies start with physical ingredients. Some are “imponderables” like “X-ray” (sugar pills exposed to X-ray radiation, then diluted), “vacuum” (made by evacuating air from water), or even “moonlight.” There’s no material at all to leave nanoparticles behind, so this explanation can’t cover those products.
Useless Ingredients
Most homeopathic remedies are based on mother tinctures that have no heath effects, like sepia (ink from cuttlefish), cantharis (Spanish fly blister beetle), or even bits of the Berlin Wall. These aren’t bioactive – they don’t fight infections or reduce pain or do anything else in normal doses. Nanoparticles from such useless junk wouldn’t magically gain healing powers; they’d still do nothing useful for health.
Lack of Convincing Clinical Evidence
As discussed ad nauseam on my blog, there simply is no sound evidence to show that homeopathy works better than a placebo. Any benefits people feel are thus likely from expectation, natural recovery, or doctor attention – and not from nanoparticles. If homeopathy had any real effects to explain, nanoparticles might be worth debating; without them, it’s a dead end.
I do sympathise with the desperation of homeopaths. They feel they must identify a plausible mode of action for their remedies. Their 200 year old struggle to find anything at all is in many ways remarkable. Here are some of the main explanatory ideas homeopaths (or homeopathy-friendly authors) have previously proposed for how homeopathy might work:
- Vital force / life energy – the remedy is said to act on a non-physical “vital force” or life energy that supposedly governs health and disease.
- Water memory – water is claimed to “remember” substances once dissolved in it, even after dilution beyond any remaining molecules, via changes in water structure or hydrogen bonds.
- Electromagnetic signatures – remedies are said to carry subtle electromagnetic patterns or “information” of the original substance, sometimes claimed to be recordable, transmitted electronically, and imprinted on new water.
- Quantum coherence domains – models suggest water forms coherent quantum domains storing drug “information” as electromagnetic frequencies, inspired by Del Giudice and Preparata’s ideas, though lacking solid experimental support.
- Stable water clusters / clathrates – hypotheses that long-lived clusters or cage-like structures (clathrates) in water somehow encode the properties of the starting substance.
- Nanobubbles and interfaces – suggestions that gas nanobubbles or interfaces in the solution store and transmit information about the starting material.
- Hormesis-based explanations – the idea that ultra-low doses act via hormesis (beneficial effects of mild stress or toxins), extended to the extreme dilutions used in homeopathy.
- Resonance with the body – proposals that remedies resonate with biological systems (cells, tissues, or “vital force”) through frequency matching or electric resonance, rather than via chemistry.
- Quantum entanglement / non-locality – claims that patient, practitioner, and remedy become “entangled,” so healing occurs via non-local quantum effects rather than molecules or doses.
- Information medicine / encoding – framing remedies as carriers of abstract “information” rather than substance, supposedly acting like a software signal on the body’s “hardware.”
Is it not time for homeopaths to accept the only well-proven, plausible explanations as to why their patients feel better after taking their remedies?
- The empathetic therapeutic encounter.
- The natural history of the condition.
- Regression towards the mean.
- Concommittant conventional treatments.
- The placebo effect.
Immunisation and homeopathy are often assumed to be similar; some even claim that the efficacy of the former proves the latter. They both are said to “stimulate the body’s natural defences” and they both allegedly use “tiny does”. Yet they are fundamentally different, not just in their methods, but in their scientific validity and biological mechanisms.
Immunisation (or vaccination) is grounded in the well-understood biological principles of immunology. Simply put, when a pathogen enters the body, the immune system identifies foreign proteins (antigens) and produces antibodies to fight them. Immunization mimics this process without causing the actual disease. By introducing a weakened, inactivated, or recombinant part of a virus or bacteria, the vaccine “trains” the immune system. If the person is later exposed to the real pathogen, their body recognizes it and is capable of launching a rapid defence. This process is quantifiable; doctors can measure “titer levels” in the blood to confirm the presence of antibodies.
Homeopathy operates on two primary axioms:
- The Law of Similars: The belief that a substance that causes symptoms in a healthy person can cure those same symptoms in a sick person.
- The Law of Infinitesimals: The belief that the more a substance is diluted, the more potent it becomes.
Homeopathic remedies are typically diluted to such an extent that not a single molecule of the original substance remains in the final dose. Proponents claim the water “remembers” the substance, a concept known as water memory, which has no empirical support in the scientific community. The confusion between immunisation and homeopathy usually stems from the superficial similarity that both allegedly involve “small doses” to trigger a response. However, the “small dose” in a vaccine is a calculated, detectable amount of biological material designed to trigger a specific cellular reaction. In contrast, the “dose” in homeopathy is non-existent in remedies beyond the C12 potency. While the resopnse to an immunisation is quantifiable, this is not the case with homeopathy.
But the most important difference between immunisation and homeopathy is, of course, this: the former is effective beyond placebo and the latter isn’t.
In short, immunisation is a biological “training manual” for the immune system, backed by centuries of sound evidence and the near-elimination of diseases like polio and smallpox. By contrast, homeopathy is a so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) that relies on implausible assumptions and at best works via a placebo effect.
You probably heard about American Academy of Pediatrics et al. v. Kennedy et al., the law suit brought by the AAP and several other medical organisations against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr). The case was ruled on March 16, 2026. Judge Brian E. Murphy of the US District Court for Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from overhauling the national childhood vaccine schedule. Judge Murphy’s decision addressed the US government’s deviation from historical and legal standards:
- “There is a method to how decisions about vaccine recommendations have historically been made—a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements. Unfortunately, the government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions.”
In reference to the controversial reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), where 17 members were replaced by appointees chosen by RFK Jr., Judge Murphy noted:
- “The appointment process, in general, and thus the full committee was tainted.”
These are clear, strong and necessary statements. The harmful ideas and actions of RFK Jr. have become legion. Sadly, this also includes the area of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). RFK Jr. has long been a vocal proponent of SCAM. Here is a(n almost certainly incomplete) list of what, in the past, he said on this subject:
- “FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric oxygen, chelating agents, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.”
- “If you want to use alternative medicines, you should have the right to do that. The government shouldn’t be telling you that you can’t use a natural product that’s been used for thousands of years.”
- “We are seeing an explosion of chronic disease. We need to look at our food system and look at the way we’re treating our bodies, focusing on nutrition and holistic health rather than just a pill for every ill.”
- “I’m going to tell the NIH: We’re going to stop studying infectious diseases for a while and we’re going to start studying chronic diseases… We’re going to look at why our children are so sick, and we’re going to look at the environmental factors, including the toxins in our food and the lack of natural remedies.”
- “Regenerative agriculture and clean eating are the best ‘alternative medicines’ we have. We are literally poisoning our children with processed foods and then wondering why we have a mental health crisis.”
- “The evidence is overwhelming that substances like psilocybin and ivermectin—I mean, psilocybin and MDMA—can provide breakthroughs for PTSD and depression that traditional SSRIs simply cannot match.”
- “During the pandemic, the authorities should have been telling people to get sun, exercise, and take Vitamin D and Zinc. Instead, they told us to stay indoors and wait for a vaccine.”
- “The chiropractic profession has long sought greater recognition… Under [this] leadership, HHS is expected to promote greater integration of chiropractic care into federal health programs.”
- During his visits to institutions like Life University and Sherman College of Chiropractic, he has praised the field for its “vital role in addressing today’s healthcare challenges” without relying on pharmaceuticals.
- He has signalled support for initiatives like the “Data Lake project,” which seeks to provide scientific validation and evidence-based data for chiropractic treatments to help them become more “mainstream.”
- “FDA’s war on public health is about to end. This includes its aggressive suppression of… peptides, vitamins, clean foods, nutraceuticals and anything else that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma.”
- He has advocated for allowing supplement makers to make broader “disease-prevention claims” (e.g., Vitamin A for measles or Zinc for the common cold) without the same level of FDA oversight required for synthetic drugs.
- “I am a supplement enthusiast… [I] can’t even remember all the ones I take.” He has frequently promoted specific substances like Methylene Blue and high-dose Vitamin D as “best-kept secrets” of biohacking and longevity.
- “If you want to use alternative medicines, you should have the right to do that. The government shouldn’t be telling you that you can’t use a natural product that’s been used for thousands of years.”
- “We shouldn’t be telling people they can’t use a natural product just because it doesn’t fit the microbiological paradigm of the last 50 years.”
- “The best way to overcome depression is to wake up each morning and pray: ‘Please make me useful to another human being today.’ That is medicine.”
- We are going to prioritize non-opioid pain management. This means bringing therapies like acupuncture out of the ‘alternative’ fringe and into the center of our federal health strategy.”
- “The science is there for acupuncture, but the funding hasn’t been because you can’t patent a needle. We are going to change the NIH’s priorities to fund the studies that Big Pharma won’t.”
- “MAHA is about choice. If a patient finds relief through acupuncture rather than a bottle of Percocet, the system should support that, not penalize it.”
- “We have become a sedentary, indoor species. Qigong and mindful movement are essential for moving the ‘qi’—or what we might call the cellular energy—that prevents the stagnation leading to chronic disease.”
- “The FDA’s war on public health includes the aggressive suppression of… anything that advances human health and can’t be patented by Pharma. This includes natural products and traditional medicines used for thousands of years.”
- “Why do we treat TCM like a superstition while we’re importing 90% of our synthetic precursors from China? We should be looking at the wisdom of their traditional botanical medicine to help solve our own chronic disease epidemic.”
The incompetence of RFK Jr. could be hilariously funny. Yet, I’m afraid, considering the power he has, it is not funny at all. In fact, I find it frightening. As you probably know, I am not alone in criticising RFK Jr. Here are a few prominent people who seem to agree with me:
- “RFK Jr. is a fountain of misinformation… His claims about vaccines are not just wrong; they are dangerous and have led to real-world harm, including the deaths of children.” — Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
- “He takes a small grain of truth and surrounds it with a mountain of lies. He is an expert at cherry-picking data to support a predetermined, unscientific conclusion.” — Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
- “Kennedy was a significant part of the reason that the vaccination rate in Samoa dropped so low… When you have a celebrity coming in and telling people vaccines are dangerous, people listen, and in this case, children died.” — Dr. Helen Petousis-Harris, Vaccinologist and Associate Professor at the University of Auckland.
- “His rhetoric on ‘environmental toxins’ often lacks any grounding in toxicology or dose-response relationships. He uses the language of science to promote pseudoscience.” — David Gorski, MD, PhD, surgical oncologist and editor of Science-Based Medicine.
- “By attacking the integrity of the FDA and CDC without evidence, Kennedy isn’t just questioning policy—he is dismantling the very foundations of public trust necessary to manage a pandemic or any health crisis.” — Dr. Ashish Jha, former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.
- “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines are not a ‘different perspective.’ They are a rejection of 70 years of established biological science.” — Dr. Richard Pan, Pediatrician and former California State Senator.
- “RFK Jr. preys on the anxieties of parents. He uses fear to fill the vacuum left by a lack of scientific literacy, which is the most cynical form of advocacy.” — Seth Mnookin, Professor at MIT and author of The Panic Virus.
- “To compare public health measures like masking or vaccines to the Holocaust is not only historically illiterate but a profound insult to the victims of actual atrocities. It disqualifies him as a serious voice in health policy.” — The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (Official Statement in response to Kennedy’s rhetoric).
- “The tragedy of RFK Jr. is that he uses his considerable platform and famous name to promote theories that have been debunked dozens of times over. In public health, facts save lives; his ‘facts’ do the opposite.” — Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General.
I CONGRATULATE JUDGE MURPHY FOR HIS COURAGE AND I DO HOPE THAT HIS RULING IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF KENNEDY’S MEDICAL VANDALISM.
Our resident defender of the indefensible, DUllman, regularly comes out with the notion that Darwin was a great fan of homeopathy. I always found this hard to believe. So, I asked AI: “What did Darwin have to say about homeopathy”. Here is the reply I got:
Darwin lived during a time when Victorian medicine was often “heroic” (a polite way of saying they used leeches and mercury), so homeopathy’s “do no harm” approach was gaining traction. However, as a rigorous man of science, Darwin found the core logic of homeopathy hard to swallow.
Darwin’s Scientific Skepticism
Darwin’s primary issue with homeopathy was the principle of infinitesimals—the idea that a substance becomes more potent the more it is diluted. In an 1844 letter to his friend and botanist J.D. Hooker, Darwin wrote:
“It is a disheartening reflection to think how much it [homeopathy] is spreading; & it is a sign of how little even the best educated people know of the laws of evidence.”
He famously compared the extreme dilutions used in homeopathy to dropping a single pin into the Atlantic Ocean and expecting it to affect the entire body of water. To a biologist who studied the physical mechanisms of nature, the idea of “water memory” or “spiritual powers” in medicine felt like a step backward into mysticism.
The Personal Twist: Dr. Gully
Despite his intellectual disdain, Darwin was a desperate man. He suffered from chronic, mystery illnesses for most of his life (vomiting, palpitations, and exhaustion). In 1849, he sought treatment from Dr. James Gully, a famous practitioner of “Hydropathy” (water cures) who also practiced homeopathy.
- The Treatment: Darwin underwent rigorous “water cures”—cold wraps, scrubbing, and strictly regulated diets.
- The Result: He actually felt better! However, being the scientist he was, he attributed his recovery to the rest, the diet, and the water treatments, rather than the homeopathic “globules” Gully occasionally prescribed.
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Yet again, it seems to me, Darwin proved to be correct in his [self-]critical analysis!
Quantum seems to be all the rage in the weird and wonderful world of SCAM; we have touched upon this phenomenon several times before:
- And the award for the most spectacular ‘quantum bollocks’ goes to …
- Bioresonance as an “Innovative Method of Bioquantum Medicine” – some ‘Christmas Cheer’ for all my readers
- The Healy quantum bollocks just won an award!
- “The effects of the biofield energy therapies are due to the healer’s quantum thinking” – please, do not believe such offensive nonsense!
- The ‘Healy’: deep cellular healing with quantum bollocks
- A quantum-physics perspective on acupuncture and other SCAMs???
- Explaining Homeopathy with Quantum Bollocks
One must commend the impressive ingenuity of those SCAM quantum enthusiasts who, with a flourish of terminology, elevate their bogus therapies to the stature of empirical science. By adorning every unverified practice with the mantle of “quantum,” they deftly sidestep the mundane demands of reproducible evidence, suggesting that subatomic phenomena might indeed orchestrate the restoration of elusive vital energies through SCAM.
How elegantly proponents extrapolate from the tunneling of electrons across potential barriers – observed under meticulously controlled laboratory conditions – to the purported realignment of human bioenergetic fields and restoration of ill health. Yet this analogy falters when confronted with biological reality, wherein macroscopic scales render quantum coherence untenable amid the decohering chaos of aqueous cellular environments. It is akin to attributing automotive propulsion to stellar fusion merely on the commonality of atomic constituents: a rhetorical sleight-of-hand masquerading as profundity.
Equally fantastic is the invocation of biophotons reimagined as conduits for universal life force akin to a metaphysical courier service. Dismiss the negligible intensities – orders of magnitude below thermal noise thresholds – and the absence of causal links in rigorous meta-analyses of SCAM, which align squarely with placebo benchmarks. Such reinterpretations transform faint biophysical curiosities into foundational pillars of alternative paradigms, much to the delight of their adherents.
One cannot overlook the charm of extending quantum entanglement, wherein particles maintain correlated states across distances, to the domain of interpersonal healing dynamics. Here, SCAM practitioners claim intuitive access to a patient’s suffering via non-local correlations, ostensibly validated by foundational theorems yet unsubstantiated by controlled trials. This extension, resilient to falsification, exemplifies a strategic deployment of scientific vernacular to cloak unverifiable assertions in an aura of legitimacy. In this alchemical transmutation of particle physics into a pseudo-scientific lottery – wherein the observer effect yields perpetual vindication for therapeutic claims – the empirical record remains an implacable adjudicator.
A few insightful quotes on the subject:
- “Quantum mysticism is considered by most scientists and philosophers to be pseudoscience or ‘quackery’.”
- “Physicist Murray Gell-Mann coined the phrase ‘quantum flapdoodle’ to refer to the misuse and misapplication of quantum physics to other topics.”
- “Quantum physics is confusing, so it’s magic.” — Professor Dave Explains
- “Quantum mysticism offers the universe as God, along with all the transcendence… without any of the burdens of organized religion. It’s a vapid stand-in for spirituality.” — Professor Dave Explains
- “The assumption that the colloquial and formal meanings of a term from physics – ‘energy’, ‘frequency’, ‘resonance’, etc. – are equivalent [lies] at the heart of all quantum mysticism.” — Philip Moriarty
- “It’s a lucrative industry because the message is so wonderfully compelling: we can think ourselves to success because we’re all part of one great interconnected universal wavefunction.” — Philip Moriarty
- “Quantum mysticism… draws upon ‘coincidental similarities of language rather than genuine connections’ to quantum mechanics.”
- “The quantum mystic is selling artificial transcendence. It’s the convenient sale of an enlightened self-image for the spiritual warrior in a hurry.” — Professor Dave Explains
This study aims to integrate the Geomagnetic Field (GMFD), Quantum Field (QFD), and Human Biofield (HBFD) domains as biophysical foundations for an energetic continuum between cosmic forces and human physiology, grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts like Qi and Yin-Yang.
A structured narrative review was conducted. A systematic search of major scientific databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) was performed, employing tailored Boolean queries to combine core keywords and domain specific terminology. Identified studies were systematically screened and categorized by domain (GMFD, QFD, HBFD) and research design, followed by a thematic synthesis to identify convergent mechanisms and biophysical linkages.
Evidence indicates GMFD activity modulates neurophysiological and immune processes, including alpha band desynchronization (p < 0.05), autonomic regulation under ultra-low frequency oscillations (r = 0.46, p < 0.01), and reduced leukocyte counts during disturbances (−17.5 cells/mm³, p < 0.001). Fetal head circumference was affected biphasically (β = 0.04 pre-24 weeks; β = −0.25 post-24 weeks, p < 0.05). However, there is an urgent need for more research with reproducible and reliable methods to consolidate these findings. Quantum processes (biophotons, tunneling) and Biofield Therapies provided complementary mechanisms consistent with Qi’s attributes. The Integration Diagram of Energy Domains (IDED) was formulated based on these syntheses.
The authors concluded that the integration of GMFD, QFD, and HBFD offers an innovative biophysical model aligning with TCM principles, supporting its scientific legitimacy and promoting its inclusion in integrative health frameworks.
Where to begin?
The paper proposes a speculative biophysical model linking geomagnetic fields, quantum fields, and human biofields to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts like Qi, but it lacks rigorous scientific validation. The study is framed as a “structured narrative review” with a systematic search, yet it relies on selective thematic synthesis rather than quantitative meta-analysis or risk-of-bias assessment. Reported effects, such as geomagnetic influences on alpha waves (p < 0.05) or leukocytes (−17.5 cells/mm³, p < 0.001), stem from heterogeneous, low-quality studies often plagued by small samples, confounding variables (e.g., stress during geomagnetic storms), and non-reproducible methods—the paper itself urges “more research with reproducible methods.” No PRISMA guidelines are followed, enabling cherry-picking of supportive findings while ignoring contradictory evidence, like null effects in controlled magnetoreception trials.
Geomagnetic field (GMFD) effects on physiology are overstated; while weak links exist to circadian rhythms via cryptochromes in animals, human data show inconsistent, correlational impacts (e.g., r = 0.46 for autonomic changes) without causation or mechanistic clarity. Quantum field (QFD) invocations (biophotons, tunneling) misapply fringe quantum biology concepts—biophotons are ultra-weak emissions with no proven regulatory role, and biological quantum effects (e.g., in photosynthesis) do not scale to macroscopic “Qi” phenomena. Human biofield (HBFD) remains pseudoscientific; therapies like Reiki show placebo-level outcomes in rigorous trials, with no detectable energy fields via standard physics instruments.
Equating TCM’s pre-scientific Qi/Yin-Yang to modern biophysics is pure pseudoscience, projecting metaphysical ideas onto preliminary data without falsifiability. The “Integration Diagram of Energy Domains (IDED)” is an untested schematic, not empirical evidence, echoing historical attempts to scientize homeopathy or chakras that failed under scrutiny. True integration demands randomized controlled trials of TCM interventions outperforming placebos, which they consistently do not for most indications.
This model promotes TCM’s “scientific legitimacy” prematurely, risking integration into health frameworks without efficacy proof. It exemplifies “quantum woo”—vague physics jargon to lend credibility to unverified claims—while biofield research faces preclinical challenges like poor reproducibility and placebo confounds.
Or, to put it bluntly:
THIS IS BULLSHIT!
The attitude of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFKJr.) on science and evidence-based medicine has long been a source for concern, particularly if we consider his total lack of expertise combined with his immense power to influence public health of the US and beyond. Here are several key quotes and recurring themes that define his perspective:
- “The CDC is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry. The agency’s advisory committee is essentially a front for the vaccine manufacturers.”
- “Tony Fauci’s career has been a long-running effort to prioritize the interests of Big Pharma over public health.”
- “The FDA, the NIH, the CDC—all these agencies have become the sock puppets of the industries they are supposed to regulate.”
- “The scientists who are supposed to be the guardians of our children’s health are instead taking money from the companies that are poisoning them.”
- “We are living in an era where ‘evidence-based medicine’ has been replaced by ‘reimbursement-based medicine.’ The data is cooked to favour the product.”
- “I am not anti-vaccine. I am pro-science and pro-safety. I want the same kind of rigorous, double-blind, placebo-controlled testing for vaccines that we require for every other medication.”
- “When people say ‘follow the science,’ they usually mean ‘follow the decree of the person in power.’ Science is a process of constant questioning, not a set of holy commandments.”
- “Consensus is the enemy of science. Science is about dissent; it’s about looking at the outliers and the data that doesn’t fit the narrative.”
- “The minute you say ‘the science is settled,’ you are no longer talking about science; you are talking about religion and totalitarianism.”
- “Public health policy is no longer based on the best available evidence; it’s based on the best available lobbyists.”
- “I don’t necessarily believe all the scientists, because I can read science myself. That’s what I do for a living. I read science critically.”
- “I spent 40 years cross-examining experts… I know how to tell when someone is lying to me about the data.”
- “I am pro-science. I’ve spent my life fighting for science-based policies. What I am against is ‘captured’ science that serves a corporate bottom line.”
- “I advise parents: do your own research… don’t take my word for it, and don’t take the government’s word for it.”
- “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me… I think what we’re going to try to do is to lay out the pros and cons… with replicable studies.”
- “People should be skeptical of any medical advice. They need to look at the primary sources, not the summaries provided by the pharmaceutical industry.”
- “Trusting the experts is not a feature of democracy and it’s not a feature of science. It’s a feature of religion and totalitarianism.”
- “We train physicians to wield the latest surgical tools, but not to guide patients on how to stay out of the operating room in the first place.”
- “The science [on nutrition] is indisputable, and the void [in medical training] is clear… future physicians must graduate prepared to prevent disease.”
- “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
- “One of the worst parts of addiction was my total incapacity to keep contracts with myself. I didn’t want to be someone who woke up every morning thinking about drugs.”
- “All of us have kind of a God-sized hole in us that we’re trying to fill. And addicts… try to fill that hole inside of you with things that change the way you feel about yourself.”
- “You can’t live off the laurels of the spiritual awakening. You have to renew it every day. You have to wake up every day and say ‘reporting for duty sir,’ and give up control every day.”
- “I had a dark spot on my brain scans… doctors concluded I had a tumor. I was scheduled for an operation by the same surgeon who operated on my uncle.”
- “The abnormality was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.”
- “I probably got it in South Asia… I was traveling in a lot of places where you can get those kinds of parasites.”
- “I have cognitive problems, clearly. I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.”
- “It didn’t require treatment. The worm died on its own, and the symptoms cleared up over time.”
- “I recovered from the memory loss and mental fogginess… I have no aftereffects from the parasite.”
- “Questioning my health is a hilarious suggestion, given the competition.”
RFKJr., as U.S. HHS Secretary since early 2025, was tasked by Trump with restoring trust in healthcare agencies. However, polls show trust has further eroded under his leadership, with KFF data indicating widespread disapproval – nearly 60% of adults – and drops in confidence for CDC, FDA, and vaccine info sources. His tenure involved firing CDC vaccine advisors, slashing HHS staff by 25%, revising childhood vaccine schedules (e.g., dropping hep B at birth), and canceling research grants, sparking measles outbreaks and expert backlash. Public health leaders cite these as science-defying moves worsening distrust across parties. Only 37% trust RFK Jr. as a health info source (KFF Jan 2026). Major health organizations, like the WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics, point to decades of peer-reviewed, large-scale epidemiological studies that contradict the plethora of demonstrably wrong assertions of RFKJr.
One could almost pity RFKJr. for his naive stupidity – I say ‘almost’ because his stance is not just pitiful and embarrassing, it is evidently dangerous. If a chap having a beer in your local pub came out with such nonsense, you would laugh; if RFKJr. does it and then – horror of horrors – tries to act on it, it gets frightfully dangerous for us all.
Conclusion:
Even Trump cannot be as mean as to allow RFKJr. continue the destruction of public health!
He must be replaced before it is too late!
